From Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri: a deceptively simple modern fable with an ancient origin. A young man finds himself living among invisible beings who have built a utopia based on one principle: that we must repeat or suffer every experience until we experience it properly & fully for the first time. ` The hero of this novel finds what he did not seek, & goes where he did not intend to go. As I did in writing it.` BEN OKRI. ...

Counterfeiter. Dishwasher. Prostitute. Attorney. Sculptor. Mercenary. Elephant. Corpse. The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue's latest fact-inspired fictions have all gone astray: they are emigrants, runaways, drifters. They cross other borders, too: those of race, law, sex & sanity. They travel for love or money, incognito or under duress. Donoghue describes the brutal plot hatched by a slave in conjunction with his master's wife to set them both free; she draws out the difficulties of gold mining in the Yukon, even in the supposedly plentiful early days, & she takes us to an early Puritan community in Massachusetts unsettled by an invented sex scandal. Astray also

Includes:: ' The Hunt', a shocking confession of one soldier's violent betrayal during the American Revolution, which has been shortlisted for the 2012 Sunday Times Short Story Award. Astray is a sequence of fourteen stories by the prize-winning author of Room & The Sealed Letter. These strange, true tales light up four centuries of wanderings, offering a past made up of deviations, & a surprising & moving history for restless times.

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With the turn of each page, the characters that roam across these pages go astray. They are emigrants, runaways, drifters; gold miners & counterfeiters, attorneys & slaves. They cross borders of race, law, sex, & sanity. They travel for love or money, under duress or incognito. A sequence of fourteen fact-inspired fictions about travels to, in & from North America, Astray offers a past in scattered pieces, a surprising & moving history for restless times. ...

” Classic storytelling at its best, delightful & moving. I loved it.” M. G. Leonard, author of Beetle Boy Maria Parr`s second novel is a hilarious & heart-warming story about family & friendship that will delight fans of Pippi Longstocking. Astrid Glimmerdal loves to spend her days racing down the mountainside on her sledge & skis
- the faster the better! She just wishes there were other children to share in her adventures. Instead, she has to put up with a grumpy 74 year old for a best friend (although secretly, she knows she wouldn`t have it any other way). Astrid`s world is about to be turned upside down, however, first by the arrival of a strange family, & then a mystery woman. Her best friend, Gunnvald, has been keeping a secret from her
- one that will test their friendship to its limits. Everything is changing in Astrid`s world & she`s not happy about it. Luckily, she has a plan...A feisty & irrepressible heroine, Astrid is sure to charm readers in this modern classic in the making.

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Whether you're a beginner or an expert star gazer, this planisphere is an informative, user-friendly guide to the stars & constellations. It features a detailed star disk & an overlay horizon disk. Together these two disks can be adjusted to show the visible nightime sky for any time of night, any night of the year.

Includes:: full instruction leaflet.

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Here, at last, is a bright modern approach to astro navigation, for those wanting a little more than just a textbook to pass an exam. First there is a brief outline of the solar system & then a step by step guide to finding your position on the ocean, both with & without a pocket calculator for working out sun & star sights. Best of all are the outstanding colour illustrations to assist novices in star recognition. This book will prove a real boon to anyone struggling with lengthy sight reduction tables, & is a welcome modern addition to the subject. ...

Bring stars, planets & spacecraft into your bedroom with this fantastic projector torch. Swap & change the projection domes easily by twisting & pulling them off the torch. Simply shine the torch around your room & turn your bedroom into a glowing galaxy. When the torch is not in use the on/off switch, the rim of the torch & the dome adaptor glow in the dark, making the torch easy to find in your dark bedroom. The Original Glowstars Company was first formed in the nineties bringing Original paper Glowstars to the nation. No home was complete without a glowing night sky on bedroom walls & ceilings! Now The Original Glowstars Company brings, not just paper glowstars, but a whole array of glow-in-the-dark items to make your home a fun, educational, glowing place to be. The Glow range

Includes:: The Original Glowstars, Glow 3D, Glow Morph & Cosmic Glow.A perfect, fun yet educational, gift for kids who are interested in the stars, constellations & the Universe. Now that kids grow out of toys earlier & earlier, glow products will appeal to kids into their tween & teen years. Ideal for pyjama parties & sleepovers. Even adults will love to decorate rooms with this beautiful home decor. Good, educational family fun.

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Meet Astro, the robot dog with a big heart, in this brand new picture book by the bestselling author of ALIENS LOVE UNDERPANTS. When Astro is sent from Planet Xog on a journey through outer-space, not only does he find out what life is like on Earth, he also discovers the true meaning of friendship. From the creators of the bestselling GEORGE`S DRAGON series comes an out-of-this-world adventure that will melt hearts across the galaxy. ...

The highly affordable Sky-Watcher ASTROLUX allows the younger user to take their first steps into the fascinating world of astronomy. Although similar to many other beginner`s reflector telescopes on the market, the Astrolux is supplied with superior 1.25” eyepieces & accessories (not 0.96” or hybrid 1.25”) & moreover, the eyepieces have been specially selected to give a much more useful & practical range of magnifications (which are not unrealistically too high!) to enhance your viewing experience. The telescope can be freely moved in both horizontal & vertical axes & is equipped with a micro-adjustment elevation control. Suitable to view the Moon, stars & bright planets & other night sky objects. ...

What`s it really like to be an astronaut on a mission to Mars? Well, kids will not only find out but can also train for their own missions in this exciting activity book. Once enrolled at the academy, they face a variety of challenges & missions that mimic the real-life tasks astronauts may have to perform in space. Specific activities include h&-eye coordination exercises, obstacle courses, building a balloon rocket, basic first-aid skills, how to deal with weightlessness, & doing fiddly things while wearing big gloves! A jam-packed Space Goodies section

Includes:: stickers, a poster, board game, press-outs, & a model space shuttle. Informative, interactive, & fun, this book will appeal to all aspiring astronauts!

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